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Banshee
- GenresHorror
250 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1990
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Michael Scott
186 books6,845 followersIrish-born Michael Scott began writing over thirty years ago, and is one of Ireland's most successful and prolific authors, with over one hundred titles to his credit, spanning a
variety of genres, including Fantasy, Science Fiction and Folklore.
He writes for both adults and young adults and is published in thirty-seven countries, in over twenty languages.
Praised for his “unparalleled contribution to children’s literature,” by the Guide to Children’s
Books, Michael Scott was the Writer in Residence during Dublin’s tenure as European City of Culture in 1991, and was featured in the 2006 edition of Who’s Who in Ireland as one of the 1000
most “significant Irish.”
variety of genres, including Fantasy, Science Fiction and Folklore.
He writes for both adults and young adults and is published in thirty-seven countries, in over twenty languages.
Praised for his “unparalleled contribution to children’s literature,” by the Guide to Children’s
Books, Michael Scott was the Writer in Residence during Dublin’s tenure as European City of Culture in 1991, and was featured in the 2006 edition of Who’s Who in Ireland as one of the 1000
most “significant Irish.”
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April 3, 2024
Not a bad story at all.
I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. It could definitely be trimmed up a bit but overall it’s a good banshee story. The beginning was very engaging and easy to follow along with.
Michael Cullen was an interesting character with a wicked wife. Who leaves there significant other in the middle of the night on a long dark road? Because she gets upset over the conversation. Forget that. I would have sent her packing back to the states.
Drama unfolds as the wife isn’t happy with Michael’s work life interfering with his home/family life. Totally understandable. It’s healthy to have a work/life balance. But at the same time he was the only one paying the bills so he kind of had no choice. She also in not so many words admits she cheated on him with a colleague of his.
Michael, too ashamed to break up his family with a divorce continues to suffer in silence and try and make things work without making anything work.
This book has its spooky parts especially when Michael would hear the howling at night in multiple scenes. It really plays out like a movie I would go see.
Essentially, the plot is a husband, wife, and their two kids go to Ireland so Dr Michael Cullen can write his next book about the Irish folklore of banshees. They take housing in a manor surrounded by woods that is more than delightful to the kids. With plenty of room to play and explore. But soon the howling begins… and the family begins to be haunted by something they can’t quite explain. Or maybe they can, and maybe no one will believe them.
I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. It could definitely be trimmed up a bit but overall it’s a good banshee story. The beginning was very engaging and easy to follow along with.
Michael Cullen was an interesting character with a wicked wife. Who leaves there significant other in the middle of the night on a long dark road? Because she gets upset over the conversation. Forget that. I would have sent her packing back to the states.
Drama unfolds as the wife isn’t happy with Michael’s work life interfering with his home/family life. Totally understandable. It’s healthy to have a work/life balance. But at the same time he was the only one paying the bills so he kind of had no choice. She also in not so many words admits she cheated on him with a colleague of his.
Michael, too ashamed to break up his family with a divorce continues to suffer in silence and try and make things work without making anything work.
This book has its spooky parts especially when Michael would hear the howling at night in multiple scenes. It really plays out like a movie I would go see.
Essentially, the plot is a husband, wife, and their two kids go to Ireland so Dr Michael Cullen can write his next book about the Irish folklore of banshees. They take housing in a manor surrounded by woods that is more than delightful to the kids. With plenty of room to play and explore. But soon the howling begins… and the family begins to be haunted by something they can’t quite explain. Or maybe they can, and maybe no one will believe them.
January 17, 2021
ANSHEE
Dr Michael Cullen is the American historian on holiday in Ireland with his wife, Karla, and their two children. They rent the large and secluded Blacklands House for its tranquility and convenience for Cullen to complete his research on Irish folklore.
Troubled by persistent dreams of a strange woman dressed in white who combs her hair and screams, Cullen blacks out completely when he seems to meet her for real in the broad light of day. Retrieving only an ancient comb carved from bone, he puts the experience down to an hallucination of his fatigued imagination.
But Maeve Quill, the expert on Celtic myth and language who is Cullen’s research assistant, suspects too late that he and his family are being haunted by the supernatural creature whose unearthly cry is the harbinger of death. For when Karla is apparently frozen stiff on a hot summer night, she is merely the first casualty in the horrifying spiral of death and destruction that follows.
Dr Michael Cullen is the American historian on holiday in Ireland with his wife, Karla, and their two children. They rent the large and secluded Blacklands House for its tranquility and convenience for Cullen to complete his research on Irish folklore.
Troubled by persistent dreams of a strange woman dressed in white who combs her hair and screams, Cullen blacks out completely when he seems to meet her for real in the broad light of day. Retrieving only an ancient comb carved from bone, he puts the experience down to an hallucination of his fatigued imagination.
But Maeve Quill, the expert on Celtic myth and language who is Cullen’s research assistant, suspects too late that he and his family are being haunted by the supernatural creature whose unearthly cry is the harbinger of death. For when Karla is apparently frozen stiff on a hot summer night, she is merely the first casualty in the horrifying spiral of death and destruction that follows.
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